Google on Monday brought the Google Earth application to Apple's iPhone, allowing users to fly around the globe with just a touch of the screen.

Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod Touch is available for free in 18 languages and 22 countries through the iTunes App Store, Google said in a posting on the official blog of the company.

With Google Earth for iPhone, you can:

- Tilt your iPhone to adjust your view to see mountainous terrain - View the Panoramio layer and browse the millions of geo-located photos from around the world - View geo-located Wikipedia articles - Use the 'Location' feature to fly to your current location - Search for cities, places and business around the globe with Google Local Search